ASUS P5K Deluxe - Intel P35 Bearlake + E6600 B1 / Q6600 B3

[msgclb]

what teamgroup pc2-6400 ram you have 3-3-3-8 or 4-4-4- rated stuff ? it could be your team ram is spd to 3-3-3-8 but on clearing cmos the default lower vdimm isn't allowing you to get moving ?

you did try clearing cmos ? did the bios checksum appear after clearing cmos ?

maybe try putting in your crucial or only 1 stick of team memory in p5k deluxe for reflashing bios ?

did you update bios at stock speeds (not oc'd config) ?

I've got the 4-4-4 stuff! Last night before I went to bed I unplugged, moved the jumper and removed the battery. This morning I removed one stick of memory, moved the jumper back, installed the battery, plugged in the power and powered up. I was greeted with a screen that said the BIOS wasn't configured properly. That sure beats CMOS Checksum Bad. I reconfigured the BIOS to my default stock speed (the same as with the error) and rebooted. I got no error and was able to boot to the BIOS and load Windows. I reinstalled my memory and still no error. I'm going to cycle through booting to the BIOS and booting to Windows a few more times.

I'm back to the 0304 BIOS. I'm wondering if I should stretch my luck and flash 0307?

[ineedaname]

I've got the 4-4-4 stuff! Last night before I went to bed I unplugged, moved the jumper and removed the battery. This morning I removed one stick of memory, moved the jumper back, installed the battery, plugged in the power and powered up. I was greeted with a screen that said the BIOS wasn't configured properly. That sure beats CMOS Checksum Bad. I reconfigured the BIOS to my default stock speed (the same as with the error) and rebooted. I got no error and was able to boot to the BIOS and load Windows. I reinstalled my memory and still no error. I'm going to cycle through booting to the BIOS and booting to Windows a few more times.

I'm back to the 0304 BIOS. I'm wondering if I should stretch my luck and flash 0307?

Yea something like that happened 2 my striker once got me all freaked out cuz i just got it back from rma after a month at that time.

They really like 2 fein death a lot of times.

Glad 2 hear the good news.

[eva2000]

i usually reflash my bios if i experience a bios checksum failure.. so reflash 0304 or tempt fate and go 0307 but with one stick of memory

[kamuiGT]

I got my P5K Deluxe over the weekend and my Q6600 (with an Ultra 120 Extreme and Noctua NF12 fan) overclocks nicely to 3.5ghz on 1.425v. It sits ~45 idle and 65 on load. I still need to play around with it more to see how far I can push it. The AMI bios does a nice job of recovering from pushing it too far.

The only issue I've had with it is my ram. I have Mushkin 4GB HP2-6400 (rated 5-4-4) that just refuses to go past 440 FSB. It can do 440 at 4-3-3, but it just will not boot at anything higher. I can relax the timings to 5-5-5, set NB to 1.55, FSB voltage to 1.3, raise dimm voltage to 2.25v, but it just will not POST at anything above 440mhz. Any ideas?

[Bootsy]

I got my P5K Deluxe over the weekend and my Q6600 (with an Ultra 120 Extreme and Noctua NF12 fan) overclocks nicely to 3.5ghz on 1.425v. It sits ~45 idle and 65 on load. I still need to play around with it more to see how far I can push it. The AMI bios does a nice job of recovering from pushing it too far.

The only issue I've had with it is my ram. I have Mushkin 4GB HP2-6400 (rated 5-4-4) that just refuses to go past 440 FSB. It can do 440 at 4-3-3, but it just will not boot at anything higher. I can relax the timings to 5-5-5, set NB to 1.55, FSB voltage to 1.3, raise dimm voltage to 2.25v, but it just will not POST at anything above 440mhz. Any ideas?

Damn I was just about to order that same ram to go with my P5k deluxe. Try posting in the Mushkin support forums those guys will get back to you quick and keep us posted if you get it resolved.

[kamuiGT]

Damn I was just about to order that same ram to go with my P5k deluxe. Try posting in the Mushkin support forums those guys will get back to you quick and keep us posted if you get it resolved.

I doubt it's the ram that's the problem. I'm thinking it might be the motherboard or perhaps the BIOS. If the ram was faulty then it's likely I'd be able to boot at a fsb above 450 with at least once stick. Both sticks being defective seems really unlikely. At least one of those should POST at a frequency higher than the other, but it seems like 440ish is the limit for both. I tried both sticks individually and I get the same results. Maybe I'll try another bank just to make sure the A1 ram slot isn't bad. I'll post the issue on mushkin forums too just in case.

[Bootsy]

So far , I can hit 490 fsb with my quadcore an 4x1GBb mushkin redlines so it shouldn't be the board.

[kamuiGT]

So far , I can hit 490 fsb with my quadcore an 4x1GBb mushkin redlines so it shouldn't be the board.

I tried the 4:5 memory divider and my ram maxed out at ~550mhz at 5-5-5-12 at 2.25v totally stable with memtest86+. Looks like the FSB was the limiting factor, I had just assumed it could break 440fsb.